I'm with you on this one, Joel.
I'd love to set up a polling station in my vanagon, too!

Joy

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Joel VanderKwaak <joelvanderkwaak@gmail.com
> wrote:

> David,
>
> I saw Al's post as a public service announcement, endorsing nothing
> and inducing no emotional reactions but yours. So that's one vote for,
> one against his contribution. Gotta love democracy.
>
> Joel
>
> Canadian ex-pat who would have enjoyed hearing more about the recent
> elections north of the border.
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:47 AM, David Marshall
> <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
> > Ya know... I'm gonna go into a rant here....
> >
> > <RANT>
> > I can go to cnn.com or news.google.com and get all the news about the US
> > election.  The Canadian election came and went and not a peep on the
> > list - nor would I expect it to be on this list.
> >
> > Politics, sex
> > and religion are not conversions for mixed company nor the Vanagon
> list...
> > unless there is a polling station in your Vanagon I and most others don't
> > want to hear about it.
> > </RANT>
> >
> > David Marshall
> > VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
> >
> > http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> >
> > On Tue, November 4, 2008 06:47, Al
> > Knoll wrote:
> >>
> >> It's going to be crowded at the polls.
> > There'll be a lot of people
> >> you don't know there.  Some will be
> > there to vote and some to
> >>
> >> help others vote but
> > another group will be there too.  They're quiet.
> >> You hardly
> > notice them there in booth with you.
> >>
> >> With names like
> > Smith, Jones, Brown, Gonzales, Nakamoto, Chan, Begay,
> >> and others
> > they stand there with you.  They
> >>
> >> wear odd clothing.
> > Some have three cornered hats, some have rags
> >> around their feet,
> > others are dressed in tattered and
> >>
> >> faded, blue or
> > grey uniforms.  Some wear the baggy stripes of
> >> prisoners, some
> > have tiger stripe fatigues, they're all  with you
> >>
> >>
> > there in the voting booth.
> >>
> >> They've stood before in
> > places as close as the bridge at Concord or
> >> the angle at
> > Gettysburg or in places as far away as
> >>
> >> Belleau Wood,
> > Bastogne, Iwo Jima, Chosin Reservoir, Ia Drang, Khe
> >> Sahn,
> > Mogadishu, Fallujah and others.  They're truck
> >>
> >>
> > drivers, nurses, mechanics, pilots, rebels, cooks, clerks, riflemen,
> >> artillerymen, tank commanders, rangers, and patriots.
> >>
> >> They're standing with you today as they stood for you in places
> > and
> >> times far away to be sure you excercise your freedom
> >>
> >> and responsibility to vote.
> >>
> >> You'll
> > not see them, but they're there just the same, watching while
> >>
> > you make your mark on history.   Vote today.
> >>
> >
>